Hasp construction



Dec. 8, 1931. I TOBlN ET AL 1,835,123

HASP CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 4, 1926 FIG-1 INVENTORS KENNETH J. Team :To\2 E. Emwrqreps.

Patented Dec. 8, 1931 NI D STATES PATENT o es I KENNETH J. TOBIN AND vIo'Tonn. EDWARDS, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssmNoRs To 7:

oAM L COMPANY; OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A] CORPORATION or ILLINOIS HASP coNsT-IwcTIoN Application filed December 4, 1926. Serial No. 152,541.

The present invention relates to hasp construction.

The present invention will be described in connection with hasps such as are used upon railway box cars, though as the description proceeds it will be apparent that the invention is of broader application.- U I Car thieves display great ingenuity in breaking into box cars, and one vulnerable pointof attack is the fastener for the hasp. Acommon form of hasp fastener comprises an elongated metal strap or bar secured to the car door on the outer side: thereof. An-

other metal member is disposed upon said strap, secured to said strap or b'ar and to said door by rivets or the like. Said other metal member has a goose neck havingrits terminal seated in an aperture in saidstrap 'or bar. Said'goose'neck forms the hinge for the hasp. Car thieves have made a practice of prying said goose neck outwardly,

whereby they mayfree said hasp from its hasp position and openthe car door without disturbing the locking bolt or its sealing ribbon.v After burglarizing the car, the thieves can close the car door, hammer the hasp back approximately into its proper re-' lationship with the hasp or at least sufficiently close to said proper relationship to pass the car inspector without detection. Another expedient ofcar thieves is to clip the heads from the rivets which are usedto hold in position the member having the goose neck above referred to. The thieves then remove said goose necked memberin a simple movement, gain access to the'car, and after having finishe their thieving close-the car-door, reinsert the goose necked member referred to, and insertin the rivet holes mem bers having heads simulating rivet heads,

whereby the car will pass the car inspector 9 construction having a hasp fastener which must be fastened in place at an angle tof 7 tion' proceeds.

Referring tOthe drawings 7 r Figure 1 is a viewinside elevation of'part' of a car side having one embodiment of the 3 present invention applied thereto; 7 g V Figure 2 is a sectional viewfof part of a carside illustratlng the present invention 'in top elevation, parts being broken away to illustrate the construction; 7

tion;; I s Figure 4: is a-sectional View taken along the plane indicatedby the arrows of Figure2;and a f Figures5 and 6 illustrate the details of a modified form of the present invention. a

Figure 3 illustrates a detail qrcanstiu g The numeral '10 indicates a sliding door and the numeral 11 indicates the doorframe cooperating therewith. The numeral 12 indicates a fitting comprising a holder for a reciprocating'bolt 13, which bolt is provided with'an elongated slot l i adapted to receive the stud 15, which stud is rigid with the litting 12. Any preferred collar or other abutment meansfindicated by the numeral 16, may be employed for preventing outward movement of the bolt 13. Said fitting 12 is provided with the outwardly extending stfaple 17, said staple having the aperture 18 adaptedto receivesaid bolt 13. The lower extremity of the bolt 13 is apertured, as indi- J catedby the numeral 19, for cooperation with the sealing lug 20, whereby the usual sealing ribbon (notishown) may be used in sealing the bolt 13 in fixed relationship with the fittine 12.

ooperating with the staple 17 and adapt ed to underlie the bolt 13'is' the hasp 21,

which swingingly mounted upon the door 10 by a hasp fastener, indicated as a whole by the numeral 22, which hasp fastener constitutes the subject matter of the present invention. Said hasp fastener 22 includes an elongated bar or strap 23, which may be riveted to the door 10 at a plurality of places along its length. Mounted upon the bar 23 is the goose necked member 24, having a pair of flanges 2525. The goose necked member 24 also has the stud 26 extending rearwardly therefrom and fitting within a corresponding aperture 27 in the bar 23. Rivets 2828 are provided for holding the bar 23 and goose necked member 24 in cooperative relationship with one another and with the door 10. In order to render it more diiiicult for a thief to chip off the heads of the rivets 28, the heads 29-29 may be set into counterbored portions 3030 on the outer side of the goose necked member 24. The goose necked member 24 is provided with the goose neck 31, which has the enlarge- Inent 32 at its extremity. Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, show a preferred form of the ex tremity 32 of the goose neck 31. From an inspection of said figures, it will be noted that said head portion is square in configuration. The bar 23 is provided with a square aperture 33, said square aperture being only slightly larger than the square head portion 32 of the goose neck 31. The square head portion 32 and the square aperture 33 are so positioned relative to one another that said head portion may be inserted into said aperture only when the goose necked member 24 is disposed in an angular relationship with the bar 23 equal to approximately 45. In order to provide space for the head portion 32 when the hasp fastener 22 is in position on the door, the material of the door 10 will, of course, be removed to a sufficient extent to permit the disposal of said head portion 32 Within the outer bounding surface of said door 10.

A square configuration of the head portion 32 cooperating with the bar having a square aperture 33 is preferred for the reason that a square construction is simpler for the ordinary mechanic than is any other shape, except round. Moreover, the square construe tion provides four bearing surfaces for the head portion 32 against the under surface of the bar 23, making it an impossibility from a practical standpoint for a car thief to pry the goose neck 31 outwardly with reference to the bar 23.

Assembly and disassembly are relatively simple in the construction shown in Figures 1 to 4, Figure 1 showing in full lines the position of the goose necked member 24 relatively to the bar 23 when the square portion 32 is'being inserted into or removed from the square hole 33.

Referring now to Figures 5 and 6, it will be noted that the round shank of the goose neck 31 has at its extremity an enlargedshoulder 34, which as shown in Figure 6 comprises half of an annulus. The bar 23 is provided with an aperture for receiving the extremity of the goose neck 31, which aperture is similar in shape to the shape of the ex tremity of the goose neck 31, said aperture comprising a hole having two radii having a common center, said hole'being slightly larger than the shank of the goose neck 31 and the shoulder 34 thereof. Though the hole in the bar 23 is similar in contour to the extremity in the goose neck 31, said extremity .and said aperture are so arranged relative to one another that said extremity may be inserted into or withdrawn from said aperture only when the goose necked member 24 is disposed in angular relationship with the bar 23 equaling substantially 180. With the hasp 21 in position upon the staple 17, it is a physical impossibility, even if the holding rivets 28 are removed, to move the goose necked member 24 into such 180 angular relationship with the bar 23,'by reason of the fact that the hasp 21 constitutes an obstruction. It is a physical impossibility to -move the goose necked member 24 into a position even approximating that which will permit the withdrawal of the shoulder 34 from the aperture in the bar 23. Assembly or disassembly of the goose necked member is readily accomplished, however, when the car door is unlocked and moved away from the door oint 11. Figure 5 shows in full lines the initial position of the goose necked member 24in assembly, said member 24 on the bar 23, the broken line positions of the member 24 indicating an intermediate position and the-tinalposition of said member 24 relative to this bar 23 in assembling said member 24.

Though certain embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, many modifications will occur to those skilled in the art. It is intended to cover all such modifications that fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is 1. In a fastener, in combination, two complementary members disposed one upon the other and secured together, one of said members having a substantially square aperture therein, the other of said members having a gooseneck having its end portion extending through said aperture, said end portion having a shouldered portion underlying said one member, said shouldered portion conforming in outline to the outline of said substantially square aperture whereby to be insertable through said aperture in a right line movement when said members are dis posed in substantially 45 relationship with one another, whereby when said members-are juxtaposed said shouldered portion will underlie said one member substantially symmetrically.

2. Is a fastener, in-combination, two com- 10 square aperture, but being out of registry with said substantially square aperture when said complementary members are disposed in op- I erative relationship with one another, the outlines of said shouldered portion and said aperture being arranged symmetrically with each other.

3. In a fastener, in combination, two coinplementary members disposed one upon the other and secured together, one of said mem.

bers having an aperture therein of polygonal contour, the other of said members having a goose neck having its end portion extending through said aperture, said end portion having a shouldered portion underlying said one member, said shouldered portion conforming 1n outline to the outline of said aperture whereby to be insertable through said aperture in a right line movement when said members are disposed in substantially e5 degree relationship with one another, whereby when said members are juxtaposed said shouldered portion will underliesaid one member substantially symmetrically.

4. In a fastener, in combination, two complementary members disposed one. upon the other and secured to each other, one of said members having an aperture therein of poygonal contour, the other of said members having a goose neck having its end portion extending through said aperture, said end portion having a shouldered portion underlying said one member, said shouldered portion conforming in outline to the outline of said aperture but being out of registry with said aperture when said complementary members are disposed in operative relationship with one another, the outlines of said shouldered portion and said aperture being arranged symmetrically with each other.

5. Fastening means comprising, in combination, a bar fixed to a support and a member mounted fiatwise on and secured to said bar, said member having a goose neck havnation, a bar fixed to a support and a member mountedflatwise on and secured to saidbar, 7

said member having a goose neck having its end portion disposed within an aperture in said bar, the extremity of said goose neck havin g shouldered portions extending symmetrically from opposite sides of said goose neck, the shouldered portions of said goose neck being of a shapesimilar to the shape of said aperture but being disposed out of registry with said aperture when said member is in its normal position upon said bar, said goose neck being insertable through said aperture in a right line movement when said member is moved in the plane of said goose neck but is disposed out of parallel relationship with said bar.

7. Fastening means comprising, in combination, a bar fixed to a support, a member mounted flatwise upon and secured to said bar, said member having a goose neck having an end portion disposed within an aperture in said bar, said end portion having its extremity shouldered symmetrically on the two sides of said goose. neck, said shouldered portionbeing disposed'in abutting relationship with the under side of said bar, the configuration of said shouldered extremity and said aperture being so relatedthat said goose neck is withdrawable from said aperture when said member is moved in the plane of said ing its end portion disposed within an aperture in said bar, the extremity of said goose neck having a shoulder of rectangular contour, said shoulder projecting symmetrically from opposite sides of said goose neck and being insertable through said aperture in a right line movement only when said member is out ofparallel relationship with said bar, said shoulder, when said member is mounted in operative position upon said bar, underlying said member.

6. Fastening means comprising, in combi- 

